looking to buy advice needed

[Grindle]

I've found a nice looking epiphone les paul that I might buy, not sure if the asking price is a good deal or not though.

The guitar is a Epiphone Les Paul "Special Edition" never been used and the humbuckers still have the stickers on. The seller is asking for £250 do you think it's worth buying it second hand for this price?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Pictures attached.

 

[Hack]

I can sell you some advice. I'm cheap!


I like the guitar, the price howerver, you best wait for someone that knows about that little squiggly line in front of the 250.


...and welcome!

 

[haystack]

I can sell you some advice. I'm cheap!


I like the guitar, the price howerver, you best wait for someone that knows about that little squiggly line in front of the 250.

I think it means farenheit

 

[Biddlin]

£160-175 in Cali, but that looks sweet . Price sounds right for perfidious Albion .
Might be close enough to check on this one .
http://london.craigslist.co.uk/msg/3663193367.html

 

[Grindle]

haha it's a British pound symbol. £250 coverts to $376.62.

EDIT: I've just realised these guitars must be much cheaper in America so maybe I'm asking in the wrong place :\

 

[Barcham]

We've quite a few members from the UK and elsewhere in Europe who will be able to give you an idea of whether it's a fair price or not. Give them a bit of time and they'll pop in sooner or later.

 

[Biddlin]

Yeah, new ones fetch about 400 quid .

 

[Tanqueray]

There are a number of brit-bros on this board, so you're in the right place.

As for the guitar, Epiphone doesn't have a custom shop. That little sticker just marks it as having a non-standard finish (usually as part of a store exclusive or limited run). From the looks of it, it's a 2006 Korean-made LP. The stickers on the pickups don't mean much. I kept the stickers for mine and I can put them back on any time I want to if I wanted to pretend my guitar was "new."

Definitely play it for yourself and see how it feels and sounds to you. That's the most important factor in determining whether or not you want to buy a particular guitar.

 

[Biddlin]

Here's two more .
Complete Vintage V100 Gold Top Outfit | eBay

Brand New Vintage V100 afd Paradise Electric Guitar Slash Appetite Les Paul | eBay

 

[paruwi]

Here's two more .
Complete Vintage V100 Gold Top Outfit | eBay

Brand New Vintage V100 afd Paradise Electric Guitar Slash Appetite Les Paul | eBay

and what has this to do with Epiphone ?

 

[Grindle]

Got the price down to £225 so I think I'll go for it, always wanted a les paul

 

[paruwi]

I've found a nice looking epiphone les paul that I might buy, not sure if the asking price is a good deal or not though.

The guitar is a Epiphone Les Paul "Special Edition" never been used and the humbuckers still have the stickers on. The seller is asking for £250 do you think it's worth buying it second hand for this price?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Pictures attached.

Hi and Welcome here

You can get new ones for the same price...
with 3-year warranty, money-back guarantee
and the tuners properly set....

Epiphone Les Paul Standard RC
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[Tanqueray]

Yeah, that too.

 

[SWeAT hOg]

Got the price down to £225 so I think I'll go for it, always wanted a les paul

Might be alright, provided it doesn't need a setup, which would add about 50 GBP to your cost-and you will have no warranty. A good shop would never sell a guitar without a setup-included in the sales price.

Decisions, decisions


Oh, and welcome!

 

[Grindle]

let's hope :x it was on ebay so too late to change my mind now only saw the later posts after I put my winning bid in... Thanks for all the advice though

 

[MrGansburg]

There's one ending in about 3 hours which is currently at £127 (granted, it's not red) that looks pretty nice - epiphone les paul standard | eBay - item# 200903379707.

Of the completed auctions for similar guitars, they seem to have gone recently for between £155 + £20 P&P, £186 (free P&P) and £185 + £10 P&P. personally I would say if you are willing to go much more than £150 + circa £15 P&P you should seriously consider the guitar Paruwi posted a link to. One thing to be aware of if you buy on a CC from Thomann however is that your CC company will usualyy charge a fee as they class it is a foreign transaction (usually about 3.5% of transaction total).

edit - too late...

 

[Biddlin]

"and what has this to do with Epiphone ?"
Sorry, didn't mean to cut into your action, jackson . !

 

[MrGansburg]

let's hope :x it was on ebay so too late to change my mind now only saw the later posts after I put my winning bid in... Thanks for all the advice though

This one then was it - Les Paul Epiphone Edition | eBay - item# 190803588560?

Don't forget to post a NGD thread when you get it.

 

[bloodied_fingers]

let's hope :x it was on ebay so too late to change my mind now only saw the later posts after I put my winning bid in... Thanks for all the advice though

hey, don't get down about it man.

I hope it arrives and it absolutely kicks ass and you love it.

Sometimes it doesn't matter that a 'similar' one is $100 bucks cheaper. You're getting the one you want.

 

[Wekkuli]

It will be great player,once set up